We have always considered and collected these commercial masks and helmets as industries tribal art. Examples can be elegant in their simplicity or bazaar and complex. They are always unique, suprising and filled with personality.
1890s Western Direct-Reading Voltmeter
This beautiful direct-reading voltmeter is believed to be manufactured in the late 1800s by the Weston Electrical Instrument Company, Newark, New Jersey. Edward Weston introduced this type of meter in 1889 and was a serious competitor of Thomas Edison in the development of electricity. This meter was the first pivoted moving coil meter as well as the first thoroughly reliable direct-reading meter. It is hand-signed on the inside box lid… $150
